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Improving young women's working conditions in Tanzania's urban food vending sector
Mhando, Nandera Ernest; Mramba, Nasibu Rajabu - 2021
sector in Tanzania using interviews and focus group discussions which are supplemented with quantitative survey. Data were … collected in the municipalities of Nyamagana and Ilemela in Mwanza Region, Northern Tanzania, and from officers working with the … government and insurance fund organizations in Dodoma region, central Tanzania, from August to September 2020. The results show …
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Towards sustainable livelihoods in the Tanzanian informal economy: Facilitating inclusion, organization, and rights for street vendors
Steiler, Ilona; Nyirenda, Chediel - 2021
In spite of having some intensive national strategies to address poverty, Tanzania lacks a coherent national strategy …
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Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
Islam, Asad; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Triyana, Margaret; Xia, Xing - 2023
Workers in small businesses in low- and middle-income countries are exposed to significant risks of occupational accidents and illnesses. A safe and healthy workplace could improve the productivity and sustainability of the business. In this paper, we conduct a randomized controlled trial in...
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Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work
Blattman, Christopher J.; Dercon, Stefan - 2016
As low-income countries industrialize, workers choose between informal self-employment and low-skill manufacturing. What do workers trade off, and what are the long run impacts of this occupational choice? Self-employment is thought to be volatile and risky, but to provide autonomy and...
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Trabalho precário e informalidade: Desprecarizando suas relações conceituais e esquemas analíticos
Nogueira, Mauro Oddo; De Carvalho, Sandro Sacchet - 2021
The discussion about precarious labor and its various manifestations has grown rapidly. However, one of the difficulties, and one of the problems, in any attempt to follow the discussion about precarious labor is the lack of homogeneity about the meaning and definition of this category. This...
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Você deve lutar pela xepa da feira e dizer que está recompensado: Evidências da plataformização e a precarização do trabalho no Brasil
de Carvalho, Sandro Sacchet; Nogueira, Mauro Oddo - 2023
This article, using data from the Pesquisas por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) and the PNAD Contínua, it shows that the platformization of the occupations of passenger transport drivers and deliverers/motorcycle couriers has increased the participation of the transport and postal sector in the...
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Beschäftigung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: ein Überblick
Seebens, Holger; Priebe, Jan - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 3, pp. 11-22
Seit Entstehung der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit hat sich der Fokus der Geber auf Beschäftigung zwar immer wieder geändert, jedoch besteht heute weitgehend Konsens darüber, dass Beschäftigung ein wichtiges Entwicklungsziel ist. Die Beschäftigungsförderung ist jedoch aufgrund...
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Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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Do legal immigrants and natives compete in the labour market? Evidence from Catalonia
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2010
The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
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Arbeitszufriedenheit im internationalen Vergleich
Hanglberger, Dominik - 2011
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, Niveaus und Bestimmungsfaktoren der Arbeitszufriedenheit von abhängig Beschäftigten in Europa zu vergleichen. Dafür werden Daten aus dem European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) 2005 für 31 europäische Staaten ausgewertet. Neben detaillierten Informationen...
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